I've really gotten away from soda drinking in favor of water/tea/kombucha these days, not really much of a sweet tooth left, but when I do drink soda I have to hand it to the guy's at Reed's.
Virgil's rootbeer is the best I've had, and the Reed's Extra Ginger Brew is so gingery it's amazing. The next best thing to biting into a ginger root.
Yes, and not very favorably. I don't think I ever paid for a bottle of it; they were always handing out coupons for free ones. Which, in hindsight, was probably not a good sign.